1st International Conference: “Ocean Gov- ernance for Sustainability – Challenges, Options, and the Role of Science” From 6 - 8 of March, an internaonal conference and the 2nd Management Commiee meeng of the COST Ac- on “Ocean Governance for Sustainability - Challenges, Opons and the Role of Science” iniave took place in Bremen, Germany. The content-focused event was organ- ised by Prof. Dr. A.-K. Hornidge and her team and hosted by the Leibniz Centre of Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and took place at Haus der Wissenschaſt and at ZMT. On the first two days around 100 network members and policy representaves from 24 countries presented and discussed scienfic concepts and developments con- cerning ocean related topics such as deep-sea mining and fishery pracces as well as the rise and outlook of ‘ocean governance’ as a relavely young academic field of research. The last day of the conference provided the six Workings Groups of the Acon with the opportunity to plan and decide on their foci and acvies in Grant Period 2, which will begin on May 1. Conference parcipants. Source: OceanGov Coordinaon Office, 2017. Further impressions from the conference, such as pic- tures, video presentaons and interviews, can be found on the OceanGov website: hps://www.oceangov.eu European COST Acon “Ocean Governance for Sustainability- Challenges, Opons and the Role of Science” Newsleer № 2 / April 2017 Highlights Content Highlights .......................................................... 1 Publicaons ....................................................... 2 Conferences/ Workshops.................................. 3 Lectures/Presentaons/ Panels ........................ 7 OceanGov in the Media .................................... 7 Field Research ................................................... 8 New Projects Funded ........................................ 9 New Members .................................................. 9 Addional Informaon of Interest .................10
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1st International Conference: “Ocean Gov-ernance for Sustainability – Challenges,
Options, and the Role of Science”
From 6 - 8 of March, an international conference and the 2nd Management Committee meeting of the COST Ac-tion “Ocean Governance for Sustainability - Challenges, Options and the Role of Science” initiative took place in Bremen, Germany. The content-focused event was organ-ised by Prof. Dr. A.-K. Hornidge and her team and hosted by the Leibniz Centre of Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and took place at Haus der Wissenschaft and at ZMT.
On the first two days around 100 network members and policy representatives from 24 countries presented and discussed scientific concepts and developments con-cerning ocean related topics such as deep-sea mining and fishery practices as well as the rise and outlook of ‘ocean governance’ as a relatively young academic field of research. The last day of the conference provided the
six Workings Groups of the Action with the opportunity to plan and decide on their foci and activities in Grant Period 2, which will begin on May 1.
Further impressions from the conference, such as pic-tures, video presentations and interviews, can be found on the OceanGov website: https://www.oceangov.eu
European COST Action “Ocean Governance for Sustainability - Challenges, Options and the Role of Science” Newsletter № 2 / April 2017
Highlights
ContentHighlights ..........................................................1Publications .......................................................2Conferences/ Workshops..................................3Lectures/Presentations/ Panels ........................7OceanGov in the Media ....................................7
Field Research ...................................................8New Projects Funded ........................................9New Members ..................................................9Additional Information of Interest .................10
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Publications
Brennan, R. E. and Portman, M. E. (2017): Situating Ar-ab-Israeli artisanal fishermen’s perceptions of marine litter in a socio-institutional and socio-cultural context. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115: 240-251. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.001.
Barragán Paladines, M. J. (2017): Small-Scale Fisheries versus Whale-watching Tourism: The Story of Puerto López. Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia, Spring 2017(3). ISSN: 2199-3408.
Baum, G., Kusumanti, I., Breckwoldt, A., Ferse, S. C. A., GLASER, M., Dwiyitno, Adrianto, L., van der Wulp, S. and Kunzmann, A. (2016): Under pressure: Inves-tigating marine resource-based livelihoods in Jakar-ta Bay and the Thousand Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 110(10): 778-789. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol-bul.2016.05.032.
Bekiari, V., Panagopoulos, G., Papoulis, D. and Panagi-otaras, D. (2016): Use of Halloysite Nanotubes to re-duce ammonium concentration in water and wastewa-ters. Materials Research Innovations, Published online: August 3, 2016. doi: 10.1080/14328917.2016.1215079.
Billé, R., Chabason, L., Drankier, P., Molenaar, E. and Rochette, J. (2017): Regional Oceans Governance: Making Regional Seas Programmes, Regional Fish-ery Bodies and Large Marine Ecosystem Mechanisms Work Better Together. In: Nunes, P., Svensson, L.E., Markandya, A. (Ed.) Handbook on the Economics and Management of Sustainable Oceans. Cheltenham, GB: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.: 493–518. eISBN: 9781786430724.
Blasiak, R., Durussel, C., Pittman, J., Sénit, C.-A., Pe-tersson, M. and Yagi, N. (2017): The role of NGOs in negotiating the use of biodiversity in marine areas be-yond national jurisdiction. Marine Policy, 81: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.03.004.
del Valle, I., Guillen, J. and Astorkiza, K. (2017): Sub-stituting hake with sardines? Economic crisis and fish demand in Spain. Agribusiness, Published online: Feb-ruary 25, 2017. doi: 10.1002/agr.21499.
Ertör I. and Ortega-Cerdà M. (2017): Unpacking the ob-jectives and assumptions underpinning European aqua-culture. Environmental Politics, Published online: March 22, 2017. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1306908.
FAO (2017): Strengthening Sector Policies for Better Food Security and Nutritions Results. Fisheries and Aquacul-ture. Policy Guidance Note 1.
Fisher, B., Naidoo, R., Guernier, J., Johnson, K., Mullins, D., Robinson, D. and Allison, E. H. (2017): Integrating fisheries and agricultural programs for food security.
Javaid, A., Kulesz, M. M., Schlüter, A., Ghosh, A. and Jiddawi, N.S. (2016): Time Preferences and Natural Resource Extraction Behavior: An Experimental Study from Artisanal Fisheries in Zanzibar. PLOS ONE 11(12): e0168898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168898.
Jentoft, S., Chuenpagdee, R., Barragán-Paladines, M. J. and Franz, N. (Ed.) (2017): The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines - Global Implementation. MARE Publication Series. Cham: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-55073-2.
Kyroazi, Z., Maes, F. and Degraer, S. (2016): Coexistence dilemmas in European marine spatial planning practic-es. The case of marine renewables and marine protect-ed areas. Energy Policy, 97: 391 - 399. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.07.018.
Lallier, L. E. and Maes, F. (2016): Environmental impact assessment procedure for deep seabed mining in the area: Independent expert review and public participa-tion. Marine Policy, 70: 212 - 219. doi: 10.1016/j.mar-pol.2016.03.007.
Partelow, S., Schlüter, A., von Wehrden, H., Jänig, M. and Senff, P. (2017): A Sustainability Agenda for Trop-ical Marine Science. Conservation Letters, Published online: February 27, 2017. doi: 10.1111/conl.12351.
Pecceu, E., Hostens, K. and Maes, F. (2016): Govern-ance analysis of MPAs in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Marine Policy, 71: 265 - 274. doi: 10.1016/j.mar-pol.2015.12.017.
Portman, M. E., Shabtay-Yanai, A. and Zanzuri, A. (2016): Incorporation of Socio-Economic Features’ Ranking in Multicriteria Analysis Based on Ecosystem Services for Marine Protected Area Planning. PLOS ONE 11(5): e0154473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154473.
Song, A. M., Scholtens, J., Stephen, J., Bavinck, M. and Chuenpagdee, R. (2017): Transboundary research in fisheries. Marine Policy, 76: 8 - 18. doi: 10.1016/j.mar-pol.2016.10.023.
Unger, S., Müller, A., Rochette, J., Schmidt, S., Shacker-off, J. and Wright, G. (2017): Achieving the Sustaina-ble Development Goal for the Oceans. IASS Policy Brief 1/2017.
Van Bets, L., Lamers, M. and van Tatenhove, J. P. M. (2017): Collective self-governance in a marine commu-nity: expedition cruise tourism at Svalbard. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Published online: March 3, 2017. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2017.1291653.
van Tatenhove, J. P. M. (2017): Transboundary Ma-rine Spatial Planning: a reflexive marine govern-ance experiment? Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, Published online: March 8, 2017. doi: 10.1080/1523908X.2017.1292120.
On January 23, 2017 an interdisciplinary roundtable workshop took place at Hamburg University to explore questions of epistemology relating to the coast and ma-rine. The workshop brought together twenty human ge-ographers, social and cultural anthropologists, historians and sociologists from universities and research institutes in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Kiel, and Dublin for the purpose of initiating a cross-thematic dialogue fo-cused on issues of meaning and sense making, being and dwelling in the context of the coast and marine.
“The SDGs for the Ocean and their Imple-mentation in and by Germany”
Location: Potsdam, GermanyDate: January 24, 2017Link: http://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/content/
Workshop at the IASS in Potsdam together with TMG - Think Tank for Sustainability, The Future Ocean Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University and GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. In the light of the forthcom-ing UN Ocean Conference to support the implementation of SDG 14 (June 5 - 9, 2017, New York) and the review of efforts to implement SDG 14 by the UN at the High Level Political Forum Meeting (July 10 - 19, 2017, New York) this workshop has brought together a broad range of experts from ministries, politics, intergovernmental or-ganizations, science and stakeholders to discuss the im-plementation of the 2030 Agenda for the world’s oceans and coasts. A focus was given to the implementation of the SDGs “in”, “by” and “through” Germany, whether at home, or as part of its development cooperation policies and within the context of European and international cooperation. Recommendation from this workshop in-formed the preparatory meeting for the UN Ocean Con-ference (February 15 - 16, 2017, New York).
“Contradiction Studies: Mapping the Field”
Location: Bremen, GermanyDate: February 9 - 11, 2017Link: http://www.woc.uni-bremen.de/en/contra-
diction-studies-mapping-the-field-2/ The Inaugural Conference on Concepts of Contradiction in the Humanities took place on February 9 - 11, 2017, at the University of Bremen (Germany).
This international and interdisciplinary conference sought to outline the new field of ‘Contradiction Studies’ in the Humanities, focusing on the interactions between seem-ingly contradictory socio-cultural phenomena and prac-tices. This allows for an understanding of distinct, yet re-lated categories such as antagonism, paradox, antinomy, and their uses within and beyond disciplinary bounda-ries. Participants explored material instances and aspects of contradiction, as well as its theories and practice(s).
“Ocean Governance for Sustainability – Challenges, Options, and the Role of Sci-
ence” 1st international conference
Location: Bremen, GermanyDate: March 6 - 8, 2017Link: https://www.oceangov.eu/news_full/oceang-
ov-conference-bremen-review/ See Highlights on page 1
“Towards an ISA Environmental Manage-ment Strategy for the Area”
UBA/BGR/ISA International Workshop
Location: Berlin, GermanyDate: March 19 - 24, 2017Link: https://www.isa.org.jm/news/workshop-an-
A workshop on the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) Environmental Management Strategy for the Area took place in Berlin, Germany from 19th - 24th March 2017.
The workshop was jointly organized by the German Envi-ronment Agency (UBA) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the Federal Institute for Geo-sciences and Natural Resources (BGR) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Secretariat of the ISA and supported by the In-stitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam e.V. (IASS).
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Almost 100 participants from all over the world and with a wide range of expertise came together to assist the ISA in developing a long-term Environmental Management Strategy for the Area. A recently published ISA discussion paper with a first proposal for environmental regulation of activities in the area provided the basis for discussing necessary governance issues, such as overarching prin-ciples, environmental standards, strategic and regional planning, and adaptive management. The workshop de-liberations will therefore provide a first structured and interdisciplinary input to the developing regulations.
A comprehensive workshop report will be produced and published as ISA Technical Report in time for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Contracting Parties to ISA, August 7 - 18, 2017.
More information under: http://www.umweltbundesa-mt.de/en/press/pressinformation/deep-sea-mining-ger-many-lobbying-for-high
“Knowledge and efforts for sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors
of Slovenia in the Northern Adriatic”
Location: Piran, SloveniaDate: March 21 - 22, 2017Link: http://www.bluemed-project.eu/marinemar-
Presentation of the EU-COST Action “OceanGov”. Source: Alenka Maley.
The BLUEMED - A basin of research and innovation for sustainable growth - fosters integration of knowledge and promotes joint efforts to develop blue growth in the Mediterranean. A Coordination and Support Action was launched in November 2016 and in the coming years a series of networking meetings have been planned. The BLUMED meeting of stakeholders on a micro-regional level was held in Piran, Slovenia, March 21 – 22, 2017. The 86 participants came from Slovenia, Italy, and Cro-atia, and from EU JRC and EASAC. The public sector (en-vironmental state/regional agencies, ministries, public research institutes) formed the biggest share in attend-ance and were accompanied by representatives from
the private sector, NGOs, and universities. The first day was devoted to the BLUEMED and EUSAIR (EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region). During discussion on differences and synergies between these concepts Alen-ka Malej gave a short presentation (photo) of the COST Action CA15217 (Ocean Governance for Sustainability - Challenges, Options and the Role of Science). The pres-entation was well received and participants stressed the need for coordination and synergies among activities re-lated to the sea and coastline.
“A fisheries scholar-activist movement?” Workshop at the 7th ICAS Colloquium: “The future of food and challenges for agricul-
ture in the 21st century”
Location: Vitoria Gasteiz. Álava. Basque CountryDate: April 25, 2017Link: http://bit.ly/2gDxaFe The workshop will subject one of the, or perhaps the, key contemporary framing of issues facing small-scale fisher peoples globally to critical scrutiny - in the spirit of similar debates on land-grabbing. The workshop will therefore address questions such as what is ocean grabbing, who is driving the ocean grab, why is it important and how should it be challenged? Which political arenas and spac-es should fishers’ movements and scholar-activists focus on engaging in? It will also present alternative analyses and narratives of what the main challenges facing fisher peoples are today. The goal of the workshop is to create a starting point for a debate on how scholar-activists can provide support for fisher peoples’ movements.
“Does climate change mean the end of coral reefs? Challenges and solutions”
Location: Paris, FranceDate: April 25, 2017Link: http://www.iddri.org/Projets/Seminaire-De-
Coral reefs are an important part of the Earth’s biosphere, providing habitat for over a million species, and food and income for hundreds of millions of people along tropical coastlines. In addition, these extraordinary marine eco-systems provide a large number of other benefits that are difficult to assess economically but vitally important (e.g. healthy coastal living, clean water, coastal protec-tion). Despite their significance, however, coral reefs are in rapid decline, with the scientific consensus that they will disappear within the next few decades if urgent ac-tion is not taken.
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This seminar will be the opportunity to present and dis-cuss the most recent scientific research on coral reefs and discuss policy options, at a time when France co-chairs with Madagascar the International Coral Reef In-itiative (ICRI).
“European Geosciences Union General As-sembly 2017”
Location: Vienna, AustriaDate: April 23 - 28, 2017Link: http://www.egu2017.eu/ The EGU General Assembly 2017 brings together geosci-entists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists - es-pecially early career researchers - can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosci-ence. The EGU is looking forward to cordially welcoming you in Vienna.
“9th MARE People & the Sea Conference: dealing with Maritime Mobilities”
Location: Amsterdam, NetherlandsDate: July 5-7, 2017Link: http://www.marecentre.nl/ The 9th People and the Sea conference will explore the nature of maritime mobilities and the ways climate and environmental change, economic development and mar-itime activities are affecting their direction and volume. Topics to be addressed are: How are maritime mobili-ties linked and regulated? What are the distributional effects for different maritime activities, and coastal and port communities? How to design innovative governance arrangements that can foster sustainable maritime mo-bilities? In addition to the conference theme “dealing with mobilities”, the conference consists of five other streams, “Maritime governance”, “Social relations and culture”; “Fisheries management”, “Knowledge produc-tion”, “Coastal threats and vulnerability”.
The conference is preceded by a Policy Day on the 4th of July. The theme of this year’s Policy Day is: “Stakeholder participation in marine management: connecting prac-tice with theory”.
“Advanced Training School in Sustainable Blue Growth in Mediterranean and Black Sea countries. Building capacities and de-veloping skills in the marine and maritime
sectors”
Location: Trieste, ItalyDate: July 10 - 19, 2017Link: http://summerschool.inogs.it/ Taking into consideration the current economic crisis and the evolving political, social and environmental con-ditions in the Mediterranean Region, there is a need to put together multidisciplinary actors from different coun-tries, make ideal environment for constructive dialogue (science diplomacy) and create all conditions that include the role of people, economics and policies to attract in-vestments while reconciling tensions and balancing pri-orities between economical growth, social implication and environmental conservation.
The School will be addressed to scientists, researchers, post-doctoral fellows and Ph.D. students dealing with as-pects related to oceanography (physics, chemistry and biology), marine biology, geology, geophysics, geochem-istry, environmental engineering, ecological modelling, climate study, coastal zone management and other relat-ed fields. Project managers, economists and policy-mak-ers are also eligible to participate. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate their ability particularly to assimilate new concepts related to Blue Growth particu-larly aspects related to economic growth, environmental protection and societal challenges.
“16th International Clay Conference - Clays from the Oceans to Space”
Location: Granada, SpainDate: July 17-21, 2017Link: https://www.16icc.org/sessions/ Session: Interaction between clays and organic molecules and organisms - Drug delivery systems based on layer ma-terials.
Conveners: Jocelyne Brendlé, Axe Matériaux à Porosité Contrôlée, Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mul-house, Université de Haute Alsac Strasbourg, France; Dimitrios Papoulis, Geology Department, University of Patras, Greece; Vera Leopold Constantino, Departamen-to de Química Fundamental Instituto de Química - Uni-versidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Dionisios Panagiotaras, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Western Greece.
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etz), the German UNESCO commission (Lutz Möller) and two Non-Governmental Organisations (Chua Thia-Eng, PEMSEA and Christoph Spehr, Fair Oceans) to discuss the the future of the oceans
Venue at the Übersee-Museum, Bremen. Source: OceanGov Coordination Office, 2017.
The event was introduced by a welcome note from An-na-Katharina Hornidge, Leibniz-Centre for Tropical Ma-rine Research (ZMT) & University of Bremen and Michael Stiller, Head of Natural History Section, Überseemuseum.
“Oceans in the 2030 Agenda: The role of Regional Governance”
Location: New York, USADate: June 06, 2017Link: n.a. Side event during the UN Oceans Conference, to be held in the German Mission to the UN. Event organized by the Governments of Germany, Sweden, and UN Environment in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Sustain-ability Studies (IASS), Institute for Sustainable Develop-ment and International Relations (IDDRI) and TMG - Think Tank for Sustainability.
This event will bring together representatives of relevant regional and international organizations, ocean govern-ance practitioners from States, NGOs and science to identify and discuss innovative solutions through which countries and competent organisations could work to-gether towards the harmonised and cross-sectoral im-plementation of SDG 14 and other ocean related SDGs. Participants will discuss a variety of successful regional solutions to key challenges in ocean conservation and sustainable use, such as integrated management, land-based pollution, or climate change, taking into account the new report “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for the Ocean and Coasts: The Role of Regional Ocean Govern-ance” by IDDRI and IASS to be launched during the side event by the Partnership for Regional Ocean Governance (PROG).
“Public Science-meets-Policy Discussion Panel”
Location: Bremen, Germany Date: March 07, 2017 Link: https://www.oceangov.eu/news_full/
public-science-policy-podium-discus-sion-7-march/
Within the framework of the international EU COST con-ference “Ocean Governance for Sustainability” a public ‘Science-meets-Policy’ panel discussion was held on March 7, at the Übersee-Museum, Bremen. The OceanG-ov network invited representatives of the EU parliament (Linnéa Engström), the EU commission (Kristofer Du Ri-
Policy Related Events
“4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, IMPAC4”
Location: La Serena-Coquimbo, ChileDate: September 4 - 8, 2017Link: http://www.impac4.cl/ Save the date!, for the 4th International Marine Protect-ed Areas Congress, IMPAC4, that will be held in La Sere-na-Coquimbo, Chile, September 4 - 8, 2017. We are excit-ed to announce IMPAC4 and invite the global community of marine protected areas, MPAs´ practitioners, scientists and friends to join this congress from all over the world. IMPAC4 is organized by the Government of Chile, through the Ministry of the Environment and IUCN/WCP.
“IMBIZO 5: Marine biosphere research for a sustainable ocean: Linking ecosystems,
future states and resource management”
Location: Woods Hole, MA, USADate: October 2-5, 2017Link: http://www.imber.info/events/imbizos/
The aim of the IMBIZO 5 is to progress the implemen-tation of the new IMBeR Science Plan (2016-2025). The overall theme of the meeting is “Marine biosphere re-search for a sustainable ocean: Linking ecosystems, fu-ture states and resource management”. This is the basis of the science plan where the research goal is to under-stand, quantify and compare the historic and present structure and functioning of linked ocean and human systems to predict and project changes including devel-oping scenarios and options for securing or transitioning towards ocean sustainability.
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Lectures/Presentations/ Panels
“Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Oceans and Coasts - The role of regional oceans governance”. UNEP/EC Workshop on Area-based Management and Regional Cooperation for the Implementation of Ocean-related Sustainable Development Goals. February 9 - 10, 2017, Brussels, Belgium. By: Schmidt, S. (IASS) and Rochette, J. (IDDRI).
“Marine finfish aquaculture in Turkey: fish farms as a fix or a new commodity frontier?”. Presentation at the 7th ICAS Critical Agrarian Studies Colloquium, The future of food and challenges for agriculture in the 21st century. April 24 - 26, 2017, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque coun-try. By: Ertör, I. (Autonomous University of Barcelona).
“Advancing ocean governance for sustainability”. Pres-entation at the re:publica 17. May 10, 2017. Berlin, Ger-many. By: Unger, S. (IASS).
“Quelle gouvernance pour les océans au XXI° siècle ?”. Colloquium at the Paris Oceanographic Institute. May 30, 2017, Paris,France. With: Rochette, J. (IDDRI).
“Use of palygorskite fibres and halloysite nanotubes to reduce iron concentration in water and waste waters”. Presentation at the 16th International Clay Conference - Clays from the Oceans to Space. July 17 - 21, 2017, Gra-nada, Spain. By: Lazaratou, C., Papoulis, D. (Department of Geology, University of Patras - Greece) , Panagiotaras, D. and Panagopoulos, G. (Technological Educational Insti-tute of Western Greece, Patras - Greece ).
“Sepiolite- and halloysite-TiO2 nanocomposites: synthe-sis, characterization and photocatalytic activities”. Pres-entation at the 16th International Clay Conference - Clays from the Oceans to Space. July 17 - 21, 2017, Granada, Spain. By: Tsigrou, P., Papoulis, D. (Department of Geolo-gy, University of Patras - Greece), Panagiotaras, D. (Tech-nological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Patras - Greece), Christoforidis, K. (Department of Chemical Engineering , Imperial College London) and Stathatos E. (Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Patras - Greece).
“Dissolved lipid production in the Northern Adriatic (Mediterranean) in response to sea surface warming”. Presentation at the European Geosciences Union Gen-eral Assembly 2017. April 27, 2017. Austria, Vienna. By: Gašparović, B. (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb).
“Mélanchon prend la mer”. Article in Libération, March 22, 2017. By: Julien Rochette. Language: French. Link: http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presi-dentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/03/22/melen-chon-prend-la-mer_1557053
“Kraken, Korallen und Plastikstrudel - Lebensraum Ozean”. Discusion between Antje Boetius (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung), Ulrich Bath-mann (Leibniz-Instituts für Ostseeforschung) and Sebastian Unger (IASS) with rbb Inforadio. Language: German. Link: http://www.wis-pots-dam.de/de/prowissen-potsdam-ev/kraken-koral-len-und-plastikstrudel-lebensraum-ozean
“Přes čáru: Lidé migrují kvůli životnímu prostředí. I jim seveřané přiznávají status uprchlíků”. Radio-in-terview about environmental migration concept and climate-induced displacement in low-lying islands such as Maldives. By: Robert Stojanov. Language: Czech. Link: http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiowave/prescaru/_zprava/pres-caru-lide-mi-gruji-kvuli-zivotnimu-prostredi-i-jim-sev-erane-priznavaji-status-uprchliku--1713257
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Epistemic Mobilities and the Governance of Environmental Risks in Island
Southeast Asia, (EMERSA)
Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa (ZMT & OceanGov WG 1 Land-Sea Interactions) is presently on ethnographic field-work along the urban coastlines of Jakarta, Singapore and Manila.
Together with partners from across Universitas Indone-sia, the University of Asia & the Pacific, and the Nation-al University of Singapore, her fieldwork - spanning four months - marks the beginning of the empirical research for a three-year funded DFG project EMERSA (under SPP 1889), led by Anna-Katharina Hornidge (ZMT, University of Bremen) and Michael Flitner (artec, University of Bre-men).
Self-reclaimed ‘nimbun’ land in northern Jakarta. Source: Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa.
The project sets out to explore the everyday lived dynam-ics of regional sea level change across the three archi-pelagic megacities in island Southeast Asia. At its core, the project questions why particular stocks of traveling knowledge - primarily model policy blueprints, ‘best prac-tices’ and local experimental solutions - gain traction, are politically legitimized, contextually translated, and are further recirculated by a host of actors such as states, do-nor organizations, international consultancies, and civil society groups.
While the ongoing fieldwork focuses on social practices across multiple scales, the findings invariably encompass broader historic and political dynamics of coastal trans-formation (e.g. is/land reclamation and seawall construc-tion), and their contemporary contestations around a host of interrelated themes such as land and water ten-ure, submerged shorelines, and of ‘sinking cities’.
Link: https://www.emersa.org
Partnership for Regional Ocean Govern-ance: Advancing SDG Implementation for
the Oceans and Coasts Field work in Madagascar (January 23 - 27, 2017) and the United Republic of Tanzania (February 6 - 10, 2017) to study the national implementation process for the Sus-tainable Development Goal 14 (Oceans, Seas and Ma-rine Resources). The field work was carried out as part of the project “Partnership for Regional Ocean Govern-ance: Advancing SDG implementation for the Oceans and coasts”. This project is implemented by IASS (Sebastian Unger, Yvonne Waweru) and IDDRI (Julien Rochette, Glen Wright) supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Local perceptions of climate change impacts and migration patterns in Malé, Maldives
Robert Stojanov conducted longitudinal research, dealing with climate change impacts, adaptation and population dynamics in Maldives (March - April, 2017). The country, an Indian Ocean archipelago with 1,190 islands grouped into 26 low-lying coral atolls, has its highest point just 2.4 meters above sea level.
Wave-breakers at the Villingili Island in Maldives. Source: Robert Stojanov.
The findings from previous research showed that Mal-divians are concerned about sea-level rise and coastal erosion, but it is not yet an everyday experienced reality. More urgent are the islanders’ immediate, non-climate change related issues, such as lack of housing and over-crowding around the Maldivian capital, freshwater scar-city, and inadequate waste management. In the future, though, without climate change adaptation measures addressing sea-level rise, climate change impacts may increasingly influence Maldivian migration decisions (Stojanov, R.; Duží, B.; Kelman, I.; Němec, D.; Procházka, D.(2016): Local perceptions of climate change impacts and migration patterns in Malé, Maldives. The Geograph-ical Journal, DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12177).
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CoopMar: Transoceanic Cooperation. Public Policies and Iberoamerican Sociocultural
Community
The CoopMar project explores the relation between the sea and society, with a special focus on maritime and port communities. It prioritizes knowledge circulation among different stakeholders (universities, museums, founda-tions, firms, public institutions and the broader society). Three key topics stand out and perform as drivers of the research:
1. The idea of the maritime interoceanic voyage as a connecting factor, responsible for active and recipro-cal transformations in Europe and Latin America
2. the long-distance migration phenomenon and the transfer of culture and knowledge
3. the role of port territories as interfaces between observation and action, spaces endowed with great transformative potential and innovation dynamics.
CoopMar is centred on the concept of a transnational and transdisciplinary knowledge society. It assumes the cooperative interchange of values and visions as an in-tangible infrastructure that works as a basic social capital benefiting key Port Cities in Ibero-American region. The public value of this strength, it is believed, is still to be fully realized.
Time-span of the project: From 2017 - 2020. Countries: Portugal (coordination), Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Panamá and Spain. Number of institutions: 19, among which 13 universities (all countries), 4 museums (Portugal and Spain), 1 foundation (Panama), 1 think tank (Brazil). OceanGov network members: Amélia Polónia and Cátia Miriam Costa.
Link: https://coopmarcooperation.wordpress.com
Claire Reymonds research concentrates on global oce-anic change in tropical coral reefs regions with an empha-sis in marine palaeoecology & climate, biomineralisation & biogeochemistry, and tran-sitional depositional environ-ments. The main goal of her research is to investigate the ecological and geochemical dynamics of carbonate ecosystems over broad spatial and temporal scales. This has led her to the study of im-portant modern environmental systems, such as tropical upwelling regions (e.g. the Eastern Tropical Pacific and NW Mauritania) and has encompassed studies ranging from proteomics to ecosystem services. This research addresses crucial geobiological mechanisms driving the calcium carbonate cycle in coral reefs and aids to prepare for environmental variability and climate change. This type of information is a definitive aspect of environmen-tal sustainable initiatives and marine management policy.
Robert Stojanov
(Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic)
Robert Stojanov, assistant professor, finished his Ph.D. in the field of Environmental Geography. His principal areas of interest are social and economic impacts of cli-mate change and adaptation strategies; environmental
(climate) change, population movement and economic development.
He currently focuses on climate change impacts on pop-ulation displacement and adaptation strategies in small islands, in the resettlement of Bangladeshis to India, and in the potential displacement of Maldives population be-cause of sea level rise.
At the same time he conducts research on environmen-tal factors of current immigration flows of Europe and realizes research activities in Central Europe - the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria, with a focus on climate extremes impacts on households living in floods and drought prone and their adaptation strategies in the past 15-20 years. In this context Robert published about 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals, ten scholar books and many book chapters. He received three awards for his publication activities. Robert gained experiences in sever-al universities and institutions abroad such as Brown Uni-versity (2010) and The Canadian Bureau for International Education (2004). He received a Jean Monnet Postdoc-toral Fellowship for one year at the European University Institute for the period September 2017 to August 2018.
More information: www.stojanov.org
Claire Reymond
(Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany)
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Additional Information of Interest
Call for Sofja Kovalevskaja Award launched The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Sofja Kova-levskaja Award, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is granted to young exceptionally promising researchers from abroad in recognition of outstanding academic achievements. The award is designed to enable them to embark on academic careers in Germany by establishing their own junior research groups at research institutions in Germa-ny. Scientists and scholars from abroad whose previous research has already been internationally recognized as outstanding and who are expected to continue producing outstanding results as recipients of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award are eligible to submit applications. The programme is open to scientists and scholars from all countries and disciplines who completed their doctorates with distinc-tion less than six years ago. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation particularly welcomes applications from qualified female junior researchers.
More information: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kovalevskaja-award.html
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Ma-rine Litter (start May 22, 2017)
In 2017 United Nations Environment (UN Environment), in cooperation with the Open University of the Nether-lands, will launch the 2nd Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Marine Litter. The MOOC has been created in order to stimulate leadership and offers opportunities for actionable and change oriented learning related to ma-rine litter within the framework of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter. The MOOC will be disseminated through the Global Universities Partnership on Environment and
Sustainability (GUPES) which currently comprises of over 520 universities globally.
The subject of governance of oceanic systems and coast¬lines is moving into the center of European strate-gic and sustainability interests. Yet, it suffers from a high degree of fragmentation and the lack of a cross-scalar approach to addressing prevailing policy shortcomings. The COST Action “Ocean Governance for Sustainability - Challenges, Options and the Role of Science” comprises a unique, transdisciplinary network of 24 EU countries. The network aims to establish an integrative vision, and a series of approaches that informs research and future policy directions on crosscutting sustainability-driven is-sues related to the fragmented governance framework of oceans, seas and coastlines within regional waters, and the open ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The network differs from thematic predecessors in two distinct ways: While attending to the multiple flows and connectivities between varied marine systems together with land-and sea-based interfaces that are biologically,
culturally, po-litically and socio-economically entwined, it first renders equal importance to strengthening regional and interdis-ciplinary dialogue, producing scientific out-put, crosscutting the natural and social sciences.
Synergistic issue - driven working groups have been creat-ed at a time when Europe is considering its role in global ocean governance, and will continue to evolve well after the COST Action OceanGov ends. Second, the network creates a distinct multi-scalar and cross-sectoral plat-form for institutional partners across academia, policy-making and civil society, presenting inclusive spaces for transdisciplinary dialogue, capacity development and the advancement of practical toolkits that attend to science - policy gaps inherent within integrated ocean and coastal governance.
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